A Deerfield man convicted of conspiracy for taking part in giving police a false story about how a friend was shot in the leg on June 21 was sentenced to a probation program Thursday in Lenawee County Circuit Court.

Dustin Michael Keinath, 21, was sentenced to the 160 days he has already served in jail for the offense. He was also sentenced under the Holmes Youthful Trainee Act, allowing him to have his record cleared if he completes a three-year probation program. He was ordered to pay $1,250 court costs.

Keinath said he “followed along with everyone’s story” when he and several others took a friend to a hospital for treatment of a gunshot wound. The victim had asked to be shot in a scheme to obtain disability payments, but Keinath and three others told police he was shot during an armed robbery.

The man who did the shooting, Kyle Joe Stevens, 21, of Adrian, was sentenced to a year in jail. The teen who was shot, Austin Keith Richardson, 18, of Hudson, was sentenced to probation in the false police report case and a one- to four-year prison term for an unrelated marijuana delivery conviction.